How did a 13th-century Sufi mystic from Central Asia become the most widely-read poet in the United States? This program mixes knowledgeable, in-depth conversations with evocative film segments to ...

Time for Serenity' commemoration opens with UNESCO-recognized Sema ritual, drawing visitors from Türkiye, US, Japan, and ...

The Sufi mysticRumi (1207-73) has been called “the best-selling poet in the U.S.” Whether or not this is the case—the claim would appall Rumi; my money’s on Homer, regardless—Rumi’s appeal, with help ...

The South Asian art form known as Sufi music has a centuries old tradition built on poetry and mysticism coupled with specific instruments, meters and repetition. Brooklyn-based Pakistani musician ...

(UNDATED) Mohammad Nooraee knew exactly what he needed when Brandeis University students asked him to distill the essence of Sufism, an Islamic mystical tradition, one recent Sunday afternoon. Nooraee ...

KONYA, Turkey — Each year, thousands of people travel to the Turkish city of Konya to attend a weeklong series of events and ceremonies that mark the death of the 13th-century Islamic poet, scholar ...

Whether it's about God or the pangs of earthly love, the poetry of Rumi is often startlingly modern, partly due to those who have translated his poems from 13th century Persian into many of the ...

Sorry to ruin this, but when you read poetry by Jalal al-Din Rumi or any other Sufi figure’s poems, the wine is not literal, and Layla is not actually a woman. It is quite a depressing realisation to ...

UNESCO designates 2007 as International Year of Rumi: Ask Americans who is the most popular poet in the country today, and they might guess Walt Whitman or Robert Frost. Many might be surprised to ...

KOZHIKODE: The Sufi Foundation of India is arranging a retreat in Kozhikode on June 21 for those who want to immerse themselves in the bliss of Sufi meditation and learn how to practice it in daily ...